[mythtvnz] [SOLVED] Youtube et al audio through HDMI

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:22:00 +1300, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> STILL no flash output though :(
>>>
>>> 30 seconds after sending this last email, another reboot and its
>>> working.
>>>
>>> I guess the last change to the .asoundrc did it after all but forcing an
>>> alsa reload didn't get everything lined up!!
>>
>>
>>
>> I have been following this discussion with interest,as I have not been
>> able to get desktop audio working on my system.Sound test works with
>> device 3 but no asound.rc variation I have yet tried,has worked to enable
>> sound in flash.
>>
>> So Robin, you are now using:
>>
>> pcm.analog {
>>          type hw
>>          card 0
>>          device 0 }
>>
>> pcm.hdmi0 {
>>          type hw
>>          card 0
>>          device 3 }
>>
>> pcm.hdmi1 {
>>          type hw
>>          card 0
>>          device 7 }
>>
>> pcm.hdmi2 {
>>          type hw
>>          card 0
>>          device 8 }
>>
>> pcm.!default {
>>          type  plug
>>          slave.pcm "hdmi0" }
>>
>> as your asound.rc,in it's entirety,with nothing commented out?
>> Or am I misreading you?
>>
>> -Paul
>>
>
> Hi Paul
>
> The file is exactly as quoted, nothing commented out. Its the last section
> that selects the actual device to use as the default. I'm sure some of the
> file is redundant but it at least documents all the capabilities of the
> sound system.
>
> One thing to note however, the name of the file is ".asoundrc" - note the
> leading dot and no dot within the name itself. It belongs in the users
> home directory.
>
> The same file contents can also be used (where it will apply to all users
> if you have more than one) in the '/etc' directory in a file named
> 'alsa.conf'. In that case nothing is required in the home directory.


Unless something has changed, the system wide file is
/etc/asound.conf, not /etc/alsa.conf

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Asoundrc